Comments on: A Twice-Happy Birthday http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/ The musings and ravings of a bloggart family Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:33:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Cynthia http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2106 Cynthia Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:24:58 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2106 LOL about the Humor class. You guys are HILARIOUS and once again I LOVe the way you've woven scripture into the blog... I can't say that I blame Hallmark for not wanting to start a new line of cards with your recent findings! PSE... I must get it one day.. .maybe for Christmas... but then it would sit here for a year while I find time to figure out how to use it. I still haven't even opened the iPod that the kids gave me for Mother's Day! LOL about the Humor class. You guys are HILARIOUS and once again I LOVe the way you’ve woven scripture into the blog… I can’t say that I blame Hallmark for not wanting to start a new line of cards with your recent findings!

PSE… I must get it one day.. .maybe for Christmas… but then it would sit here for a year while I find time to figure out how to use it. I still haven’t even opened the iPod that the kids gave me for Mother’s Day!

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2105 Cynthia Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:21:53 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2105 Happy belated birthday. I was wondering why all of the posts from Tim and none from you since I've been back online. Now I know.. you're away again! Tim is very patient to let you get away so much while he stays home working! Happy belated birthday. I was wondering why all of the posts from Tim and none from you since I’ve been back online. Now I know.. you’re away again!

Tim is very patient to let you get away so much while he stays home working!

]]> By: Lisa http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2096 Lisa Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:54:24 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2096 Allison loves to make collages with her own art work for the background. It really came in handy for our annual family calendar.LOL She also loves to mess with photos, you know, crop, edit, blow up, change colors, that kind of stuff. She made one of my Summer Clean up Challenge graphics, all on Photoshop. All of her work is on my blog, even the calendar pages. She's my artist/musician/dancer in the family.LOL Allison loves to make collages with her own art work for the background. It really came in handy for our annual family calendar.LOL She also loves to mess with photos, you know, crop, edit, blow up, change colors, that kind of stuff. She made one of my Summer Clean up Challenge graphics, all on Photoshop. All of her work is on my blog, even the calendar pages. She’s my artist/musician/dancer in the family.LOL

]]> By: Aimee http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2075 Aimee Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:25:26 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2075 Happy birthday to you both! Happy birthday to you both!

]]> By: Laura in CT http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2074 Laura in CT Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:57:30 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2074 Happy birthday to both birthday girls (a couple days late)! And, Kathy, you will have a blast with Photoshop Elements! There's a lot to learn (I like the Missing Manual book), but it is very cool. And--Excellent spelling, Tim! :-) Happy birthday to both birthday girls (a couple days late)! And, Kathy, you will have a blast with Photoshop Elements! There’s a lot to learn (I like the Missing Manual book), but it is very cool.

And–Excellent spelling, Tim! :-)

]]> By: De'Etta http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2068 De'Etta Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:42:02 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2068 Belated happy birthdays to both Kathy and Sarah. What a SWEET photo. Belated happy birthdays to both Kathy and Sarah. What a SWEET photo.

]]> By: Carl Gray http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2062 Carl Gray Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:42:02 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2062 This explains why I love <i>Far Side</i>, but when I show it to my mom, she just smiles and says, "that's cute honey". No, it's not cute, it's hilarous! But she will clip out a <i>Cathy</i> comic to show to the ladies at Bible study and my dad and I just get a puzzled look on our face when we read it. So now I need no longer feel guilty when a dozen ladies comment on how funny Kathy's blog entry is, and all I can think is, "just sounds like another average day in the life of the Edgrens". Apparently "another average day" the way Kathy tells it is filled with the "humor of the familiar" which only the more refined mind of the female is capable of fully appreciating. Sorry to have started such a controversial discussion here. I better quite while I'm ahead. This explains why I love Far Side, but when I show it to my mom, she just smiles and says, “that’s cute honey”. No, it’s not cute, it’s hilarous! But she will clip out a Cathy comic to show to the ladies at Bible study and my dad and I just get a puzzled look on our face when we read it.

So now I need no longer feel guilty when a dozen ladies comment on how funny Kathy’s blog entry is, and all I can think is, “just sounds like another average day in the life of the Edgrens”. Apparently “another average day” the way Kathy tells it is filled with the “humor of the familiar” which only the more refined mind of the female is capable of fully appreciating.

Sorry to have started such a controversial discussion here. I better quite while I’m ahead.

]]> By: Tim http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2061 Tim Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:25:42 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2061 When Kathy and I were in college, we took a class together, entitled <i>The Psychology of Humor</i>. It was a great class, seminar style, and we wrangled for a long time just to come up with a definition of humor. One thing we settled on as a class is that humor is a blend of incongruity and familiarity -- without the element of surprise or 'it shouldn't be that way', a joke is just blandly familiar, and without some level of familiarity, a joke is just weird. I have noticed that men tend to lean toward a higher proportion of incongruity (as in the comic strip <i>The Far Side</i>) as they mix their humor, while women can tolerate a much higher degree of familiarity (as in the comic strip <i>Cathy</i>) and still find something funny. As Emerson Eggerich says, in his <a href="http://loveandrespect.com" rel="nofollow">Love and Respect Seminar</a>, "Not wrong, just different!" Don't worry, ladies, Kathy will be back online soon. :) When Kathy and I were in college, we took a class together, entitled The Psychology of Humor. It was a great class, seminar style, and we wrangled for a long time just to come up with a definition of humor. One thing we settled on as a class is that humor is a blend of incongruity and familiarity — without the element of surprise or ‘it shouldn’t be that way’, a joke is just blandly familiar, and without some level of familiarity, a joke is just weird.

I have noticed that men tend to lean toward a higher proportion of incongruity (as in the comic strip The Far Side) as they mix their humor, while women can tolerate a much higher degree of familiarity (as in the comic strip Cathy) and still find something funny.

As Emerson Eggerich says, in his Love and Respect Seminar, “Not wrong, just different!”

Don’t worry, ladies, Kathy will be back online soon. :)

]]> By: Amy Werthman http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2059 Amy Werthman Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:39:13 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2059 I have to agree that I am a little disappointed to see it is TJE and not KME writing the blog. I always find Kathy so funny, refreshing, and inspirational. So another fan of Kathy, YEAH!! I have to agree that I am a little disappointed to see it is TJE and not KME writing the blog. I always find Kathy so funny, refreshing, and inspirational. So another fan of Kathy, YEAH!!

]]> By: Debbie http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2057 Debbie Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:54:21 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/a-twice-happy-birthday/#comment-2057 Happy Birthday, Sarah and Kathy! Our Gabe celebrated on Sunday! Can't wait to see what you do with Elements...some fun photos I'm sure. Happy Birthday, Sarah and Kathy! Our Gabe celebrated on Sunday! Can’t wait to see what you do with Elements…some fun photos I’m sure.

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